#44A9D8#44A9D8

#44A9D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44A9D8
RGB	rgb(68, 169, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(199, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -14.42, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 35.41, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0708 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.115 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9616, 34.5596, 70.0968)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44A9D8 #D87344

analogous

#44D8BD #44A9D8 #445FD8

triadic

#44A9D8 #D844A9 #A9D844

tetradic

#44A9D8 #BD44D8 #D87344 #5FD844

square

#44A9D8 #BD44D8 #D87344 #5FD844

split-complementary

#44A9D8 #D8445F #D8BD44

monochromatic

#1C6486 #268AB8 #44A9D8 #77C0E3 #A9D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#44A9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#44A9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44A9D8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44A9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44A9D8	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44a9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 169, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2e4',
    500: '#44a9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44a9d8;
$custom-light: #89c2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44a9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.054,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69551,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44A9D8

secondary

#DBB19D

accent

#753FE8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #44A9D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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